Vicky Dávila stated that Abelardo De La Espriella had ordered the cancellation in Qatar of the commission of Captain Kelly Daniela Lozano, former head of security for Verónica Alcocer. She added that Eva Ferrer had mentioned her in an interview with SEMANA. https://t.co/A4b7iMgk3n #LaJefeDeLaBanda #Catar #Seguridad #Política (translated)
Yesid Lancheros wrote that President Abelardo De La Espriella had ordered the cancellation of the commission in Qatar of Captain Kelly Daniela Lozano, former head of security for Verónica Alcocer, whom Eva Ferrer had mentioned in an interview with Vicky Dávila published by SEMANA. He added that Lozano should report immediately to the police to be heard, while the authorities sought her cooperation with the investigations and assessed whether to call her for service evaluation. #Colombia #Justicia #Investigación (translated)
José Manuel Restrepo Abondano said that he visited an agro-industrial project in Pajonales in Ambalema, Tolima, where he observed rice and corn crops, fish farming, and bioinputs. He pointed out that the initiative combined production, technology, and science, and stated that this model aligned with the objectives of the Misión Crecer, entrusted by President Abelardo De La Espriella: to promote an innovative, climate-change-adaptable, and sustainable agricultural sector. He also maintained that Colombia had great opportunities in the agricultural sector. #CampoColombiano #InnovaciónAgrícola #Sostenibilidad (translated)
Vicky Dávila reported that President Abelardo De La Espriella ordered the Air Force to investigate the allegations published by SEMANA by Eva Ferrer against Verónica Alcocer. According to Dávila, the General Inspection and the counterintelligence agencies would review the actions of current and former personnel from the teams involved in CATAM. De La Espriella stated that if the participation of Air Force members was confirmed, they would be called to qualify services and would respond to the authorities. Dávila added that the president requested the Attorney General's Office, the Supreme Court of Justice, the Ombudsman's Office, and the authorities of the United States to take note of the journalistic information and conduct the corresponding investigations. #Justicia #Investigación #FuerzaAérea (translated)
Gustavo Petro stated that an organizational chart showed that Abelardo had placed 16 members of his law firm in key positions that, he claimed, allowed for the return of assets to drug traffickers. He added that he would later show that many assets of drug traffickers removed from the OFAC list had been purchased by the National Land Agency (ANT) to be handed over to the peasantry, and that many were still in the process of extinction. #Narcotráfico #Corrupción #Justicia (translated)
Levy Rincón accused Revista Semana of presenting Abelardo de la Espriella favorably and claimed that the Gilinski family benefited from the reduction of the wealth tax and the health tax. He also stated that they were allowed to keep Venezuelan oil and negotiate with an Israeli agenda that, as he wrote, was about water. He ended with an insult directed at them. #Colombia #Política #Corrupción (translated)
Russy Millán wrote that Ana Lucía would never transport drugs on official planes and that Abelardo had never been on the OFAC's list of drug traffickers. #AnaLucía #narcotráfico #justicia (translated)
Gustavo Petro questioned the political leadership of Santa Marta and stated that there was already a financed and fully studied project, ready to begin construction, for a desalination plant intended for 500,000 people. He criticized Abelardo for proposing to bring water by ship from Cartagena. Petro maintained that Cartagena was still struggling to capture water from the Dique canal and bring it to its bay, possibly to the Sinú river, to first supply municipal aqueducts and irrigation areas. He also warned that, during a drought, the Magdalena river would dry up and Cartagena would not be able to send drinking water from that river to Santa Marta. #Política #Agua #SantaMarta (translated)
The diplomatic appointments of Abelardo de la Espriella as ambassadors in Spain and the United Kingdom have been met with silence from Madrid and London, which has sparked speculation about a possible rejection of his appointments. #Colombia #Diplomacia #Embajadores (translated)
WESTCOL rated Jordi's initiative as good and said that in Colombia they had opened a live broadcasting space with Petro, Uribe, and Abelardo to bring politics closer to young people. According to what he wrote, the proposal generated divided opinions, but had a positive effect because it allowed people less interested in politics to get informed and know the candidates better before voting. #PolíticaJoven #Colombia #VotaciónInformada (translated)
Abelardo De La Espriella stated that his Government had signed nine new extraditions and that, with them, the total reached 119 in his first 60 days in office. https://t.co/wLbPuNypjW #Extradiciones #Gobierno #Colombia (translated)
Gustavo Petro wrote that Abelardo would have to follow the path they had taken to investigate the murder of Miguel Uribe Turbay, a matter that, he said, had been an obsession for them. He added that Abelardo would encounter many surprises. #MiguelUribeTurbay #Abelardo #Colombia (translated)
Russy Millán wrote that a woman from the Petrist movement had said that, after two months with Abelardo, she was experiencing the precariousness of OPS contracts, while with Petro she had had dignity and memory. Millán claimed that he reviewed her posts and that, according to them, in 2024, during Petro's government, she was unemployed and had complained on X. https://t.co/eQZppaH4pS #Petro #Abelardo #PolíticaColombiana (translated)
Gustavo Petro criticized a senator's attitude towards Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo during a police promotion event to which, he said, the minister had been invited. He also stated that the senator had asked Jaramillo to leave the Senate chamber, despite Petro's belief that he should have been awarded the Cruz de Boyacá, a distinction he claimed to have granted him. Petro attributed improvements in citizens' perceptions of the Police to his government and said that 17,000 patrol officers had been promoted to subinspectors, that their salaries had been increased, and that officers linked to alias Pitufo had been removed from the institution. He added that Jaramillo had pushed for improvements in healthcare for police officers and their families and contributed to building the hospital in southern Bogotá. He claimed that Abelardo had returned the Police's medications to the Char clan. The president maintained that during his government, thefts and domestic violence had decreased and linked this reduction to lower poverty and hunger rates and an increase in the minimum vital wage. He also stated that improvement in economic conditions strengthened families. Petro asked when police and farmers had been seen uprooting coca crops on thousands of hectares planted during Iván Duque's government. He said that trust between the two groups was key to taking Colombia out of drug trafficking. Finally, he accused Abelardo of handing 16 key positions in different branches of the Government to people from his own office to facilitate the massive return of goods seized through asset forfeiture. Petro argued that this situation suggested the construction of a "mafia state" capable of unleashing another Colombian holocaust. #PolíticaColombiana #DerechosHumanos #Progreso (translated)
Russy Millán recalled that Petro had said he would leave politics after his presidency to write books and that his tweets would serve as academic material for future generations. However, he stated that the day before, he had challenged Abelardo to seek reelection and criticized the spelling of that message. Millán added that he wanted to see how that possibility unfolded. #Política #Libros #Reelección (translated)
Gustavo Petro accused Abelardo of placing the state’s response to the earthquake in the hands of his associates to do business, including drug traffickers and a pilot he pointed out as an accomplice in the paramilitary massacre of Mapiripán. He also stated that the victims were sleeping on the streets and that Abelardo’s wife was in Paris without accounting for the donations received by her personal fund. https://t.co/5gqhwuBbZZ #Justicia #DerechosHumanos #Corrupción (translated)
Levy Rincón stated that the price of roasted chicken had risen during the government of Abelardo de la Espriella and said that Luis Carlos Vélez would not react with tears or displays, as—according to Rincón—he had done before. He also insulted Vélez with sexual and dehumanizing expressions and insisted that he should remain silent or they could take away the apartment of Alex Saab in which, according to what he wrote, he lived in Miami. #Política #Colombia #AbelardoDeLaEspriella (translated)
Daniel F. Briceño said that, as a member of the First Commission of the House of Representatives, he was ready to receive the anti-terrorism statute announced by President Abelardo De La Espriella and Minister Rodrigo Lara. He added that, in his opinion, terrorism should be faced with determination and that Congress should provide all the necessary legal tools. #Antiterrorismo #Congreso #Seguridad (translated)
Iván Cepeda Castro stated that the opposition should have guarantees to express themselves, question, propose, and denounce. He said that the pressure, persecution, or silencing of journalists, judges, social leaders, union representatives, students, teachers, and citizens for their work, the exercise of their rights, or their criticisms of what he called arbitrary decisions by Abelardo de la Espriella and the Government should not be normalized. He added that, in the face of any attempt to impose fear and silence, they would remain united and respond with truth, firmness, and democracy. #LibertadDeExpresión #Democracia #DerechosHumanos (translated)
Gustavo Petro criticized the Council of State for revoking the minimum vital salary and stated that the decision, which he attributed to a magistrate or the full chamber, would reduce internal consumption and could lead Colombia to an economic crisis and violence. He accused the court of acting like an office of the Casa de Nariño and asserted that the measure jeopardized the middle class and could cause widespread poverty and bankruptcies. Petro said that the increase in the minimum wage during his government had reduced poverty and contributed to decreasing thefts, domestic violence, and extortion. He also claimed that the decision disregarded the 1991 Constitution and linked the Council of State with Abelardo, whom he described as a tyrant. The president called on workers from different sectors to mobilize and asked millions of people to take to the streets to demand a vital salary, promote a general strike, and support the people's constituent power. He accused his opponents of declaring war on workers and ended with a call for a free Colombia. https://t.co/EMvqmYeWO2 #SalarioMínimo #Colombia #DerechosLaborales (translated)
